Why did humanists not like behaviorism? Humanists felt that behaviorism reduced people to mere animals. Humanists didn't believe in experimentation. Humanists believed that people shouldn't make associations to objects. Humanists were opposed to animal testing?

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15 December, 08:15

Why did humanists not like behaviorism? Humanists felt that behaviorism reduced people to mere animals. Humanists didn't believe in experimentation. Humanists believed that people shouldn't make associations to objects. Humanists were opposed to animal testing?

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Humanists felt that behaviorism reduced people to mere animals.

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Humanism was born as a psychological perspective that was opposed to behaviorism, which was the main perspective that existed at the time. Humanists believed that explaining human behavior only by its consequences was reductionist and it vewied people like animals that only acted on the basis of obtaining a reward or avoiding a punishment.